Government & Politics
Tactical coverage of politics, usually from inside the Beltway.
- Making Bush Look Like a Piker Veronique de Rugy 09/30/2009
- The Bush-era deficits were bad. I know. I spent eight years complaining about them. How does President Obama stack up?
- An Immigration Tipping Point? Michael Barone 09/29/2009
- The U.S. Census Bureau’s recent announcement on the nation’s foreign-born percentage of the population may prove a landmark in American demographic history.
- How to Think About Net Neutrality James V. DeLong 09/26/2009
- History suggests the best course is not to borrow trouble, as the old phrase goes, but to let the system 'develop itself in its own way,' and act only in response to actual problems.
- Pluck of the Irish Vincent R. Reinhart 09/25/2009
- The finance minister of Ireland announced a plan to ransom the hostage economy. Others should follow suit.
- An Empty Nod to Tort Reform Dr. Gilbert Ross 09/24/2009
- In an apparent attempt to sway at least one undecided Republican senator to sign on to its healthcare reform program, the Obama administration announced the initiation of a ‘pilot program’ on tort reform.
- The Practical Liberal Christopher DeMuth 09/22/2009
- Much has been made of Irving Kristol’s maestroship of an intellectual movement that enlarged and transformed American conservatism. Interestingly, his exertions had no comparable or even discernable influence on American liberalism.
- Economists Are Beginning to See the Light Tim Worstall 09/22/2009
- A small diversion into one of the tinier byways of the hugely complex international economy demonstrates the miracle of markets.
- Threading the Needle at the Fed Desmond Lachman 09/19/2009
- The recession is ending but big risks remain.
- Will Small Businesses Stop Offering Health Insurance If Reform Passes? Scott Shane 09/18/2009
- For the average business, paying a penalty will cost them less than providing insurance.
- Is This What Deregulation Looks Like? Veronique de Rugy 09/17/2009
- It is hard to argue that deregulation of the financial services industry was rampant in Washington when the spending on finance and banking regulatory agencies kept growing so fast. Let’s look at the numbers.